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4, s. WILLIAMS 2,353,099

CHART Filed Jan. 4, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 La wrence I 5. MY/l'ams INVENTOR.

. ATTORNEYS y 1944- L. s. WILLIAMS CHART Filed Jan 4, 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 r: it

Lari fence i M ////'am5 qk kiiiiiiill l Patented July 4, 1944 owes: rm m ossips 'Laiwrence .sdwi lliamif io lfdo, Ohio, assignor "to Q .To-ledo Scale Company, "Toledo,

pora'timi of New-Hersey ApplicationJanuary 4, isiaseialito insoz 7 team (01.116-129) This invention relates to charts-for use with sensitive highly: accurate icondition responstve lin- 'stnumenits.

. :In many condition-responsive instruments it is desirable that -.the-in,dica'-tion offthe :condition under measurement be afforded :by lthemomzparison oi astationary index andia mtatableimdicia bearing :chart; in marry'isuchiinstrumerrts, nowever, becausezof the sensitivity-ref ztheinstrument Land the speed whichzitiis voperatedthe:moment of iinertiaof'rsuch Ia :clrart intcrposes *a'iseri'ous element of error into the instrument ireadings. the rotatable chart is of sufiicient size to hear an adequate nunrbero'f indic'ia it may !be so iarge that its moment of inertia creates an error too large'to 'be tolerated.v :On'the other handzif :the chart is -made small enough so that fits moment of inertia is extremely low :it is not large enough to bear su'fficient indicia 'adeq uately to indicate the'values being measured. r

nttempts have been made to :com'bine these two considerata by providing so-called ".spiders" which serve as frames *for'c'harts constructed of "light material. These attempts' have not been entirly satisfactory for twor'easons Firstgalthough spiders have been made with channel shaped arms, thus achieving rigidity of the arms themselves/no rigidity can be provided at the hub where the channels "fadewithout making the spider of, heavy material and thus defeating its purpose. *Secondsince the' spider must be made of material relatively much heavier than the material which it supports, the co-efficients of expansion of the two materials are substantially different and this difference often cause distortion of the lighter material.

It is an object of this invention to provide a rotatable indicia bearing chart of large size but having a very low moment of inertia.

It is another object of this invention to provide a large size rotatable indicia bearing chart in which expansion and contraction are compensated for automatically.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a rotatable disk chart in which the body of the chart :can be constructed of extremely light material supported by a spider which is of light weight where greatly removed from the center of rotation and of greater weight at the center of rotation only, thus materially reducing the moment of inertia of the chart.

More specific objects and advantages are apparent from the description, inwhich reference is had to the accompanying drawings illustrating a .prefierreddorm of chart embodyin the .-i-n- Mention. V j r In the drawings:

.Fig; IdSZa w-iew linielevation, certain parts being broken away, of the ahead-of aawendition-responsive instrument .(in this "2288 a weighing scale) employing :a chant embodymg the invention.

.FigHII is a view in elevation from the :rear :of .a chart embodying the invention.

Eig. III is iaisectional view en-an enlarged scale .takensuhstantially EOE. the line.-I I [-.LI*I of :Fig. 11.

,LV :is s. lfragmentary sectional view-fen {an enlarged scale taken substantially -.on the dine .].'V-IV-of Fig. II. 7 r H vTlziese :spscific idraw' -gs and the specific description that follows merely disclose land illustrate the :mvention and are .not intended to :im- ,pose limitaticnsiupon the claims. I

, Mounted \withima chart housing 11! of a condition-responsive instrument is a disk .-li-ke chart M which bears :near its periphery .a series .of .Iindicia -12. The .indioia t2 are visible through a magnif-yingiens 43 set in the'outer :wall of the housing Ill and :cooperate withzamindex M toindicate the flames of \condtions sander measurenen t .T'he'chart -l:l -(PEigULI comprises'adisk like indicia bearing member l-5 .is stamped .or formed from an extremely light weighhmaterial. Thismember mayibe constructedof any .one of marrydifierent-materials, thebnly requisites be- .ing that itis light .weight, substantially ,moisture proof and relativelyrigid. Eon-example, Vinylite or laminated resin impregnated paper'have been found to be satisfactory.

The indicia bearing member I5 is supported on its shaft I6 by a compound spider made up of two members I! and I8 and may carry a plurality of radially adjustable weights M9 for compensating for sine curve errors in the operation of the instrument.

The spider member I1 is shown as comprised of 8 equally spaced arms 20 each of which is channel shaped, as shown in Fig. III. The spider member I! may be formed of thin light weight material and its arms, because of their channel shape, have great longitudinal rigidity. The indicia bearing member I5 is connected to the spider member I! by means of a plurality of tabs 2| which are stamped from the arms 20 and extend through holes 22 punched through the member I5.

Although the arms 20 of the spider member [1 are rigid the hub section of such member because the channels fade out is flexible and therefore, the spider member I8 is constructed of relatively secured to the shaft I6 by means of a collet .24

(Fig. IV). A hub 25 is fastened to the chart members by means of a plurality of screws 26 which extend through an annular plate 2'! and the members I5, I1 and I8 into the hub 25. The hub 25 in turn is mounted on the collet 24 which is secured to the shaft I6 by means of the compression action of a nut 28 which pulls the collet into a taper in the hub 25.

As can be seen in Fig. II those portions of the chart assembly which are farthestremoved from its center are light in weight and only as the hub is reached does the weight of the members increase. Therefore, since the moment of inertia is equal to the mass times the radius squared, a large chart can be constructed with a very low moment of inertia. Because the two spider members I1 and I8 cooperate, the one to support the indicia bearing member I5 and the other to strengthen the weak points of the former, a rigid structure results which is not liable to damage or distortion by inadvertent bending or contact with outside forces.

The eiTects of warpage on the accuracy of the chart are eliminated although the co-efiicients of 1 expansion of the spider and the indicia bearing member I5 are substantially difierent. This is accomplished by the fact that the spider is not firmly secured to the indicia bearing member I5 at-any place but the hub and thus the difierence in radial expansion of the spider member I1 and the indicia bearing member I5 does not bind either of the members. Because the expansion of thelight material from which the indicia bearing member I5 is constructed is substantially uniform, such expansion, in effect, merely moves the indicia borne by the member I5 radially and thus they remain in line with the index I4 with which they cooperate.

Through the employment of the disclosed chart the indicating means of a sensitive conditionresponsive instrument can have both a large size and a low moment of inertia.

2. A condition-responsive comprising a hub, a relatively short armed spider The embodiment of the invention that has been disclosed may be modified to meet various requirements.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A condition-responsive indicating chart comprising a light weight indicia bearing member, a light weight rimless spider supporting said member and a second spider having relatively short arms for-supporting the hub portion of the first spider.

indicating chart mounted on said hub, a light weight rimless spider mounted on said hub and having relatively long arms, the-arms of the first mentioned spider being relatively stiff and serving to brace the hub portion of the second mentioned spider, and a light-weight indicia bearing member secured to said hub and loosely mounted on the second mentioned spider.

3. A condition-responsive indicating chart comprising a hub, a relativelyheavy short'armed spider mounted on said hub, a light weight'long armed rimless spider mounted on said hub, the arms of the firstspider serving to brace the hub portion of the secondspider, and a flat weight indicia bearingmembermounted on said hub guided by the second spider and extending radially beyond the arms of the second spider.

4. A chart assembly for a condition-responsive instrument comprising a shaft, a disk-like indicia bearing member formedof light weight material, a supporting rimless spider having channel shaped arms loosely engaging said indicia bearing member, a second spider having an equal number of relativelyshort arms for strengthening the hub portion of the first mentioned spider and a hub for securing said indicia bearing member and both said spiders on said shaft 5. An indicia bearing chart assemblage having a low moment of inertia and high rigidity, having a light-weight flat disk portion bearing indicia, a relatively heavy hub bracing portion, an intermediate portion for supporting said indicia bearing portion, a. shaft, and a mounting member for mounting said hub portion and said assemblage on said shaft, the weight and rigidity of the assemblage portions being inversely propor tional to their location, radially, from said shaft.

LAWRENCE S. WILLIAMS. 

